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Can I read The Light Jar on EtoBox?
The Light Jar by Lisa Thompson is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Light Jar about?
Nate and his mother are running away. Fleeing from an emotionally abusive situation, they hide out in an abandoned cottage in the middle of a forest. Though it's old and run-down, at least it's a place of their own. Then Nate's mother heads off for groceries and doesn't return. Has she run into trouble, or simply abandoned him? He is left alone and afraid, with the dark closing in on him.
Who reads The Light Jar?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Lisa Thompson
- Publisher
- Scholastic Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781338216301
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Children'S, Juvenile
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (610 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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